KET LISTENING ACTIVITIES

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What’s in the Listening paper? The Cambridge English: Key Listening paper has five parts. For each part you have to listen to a recorded text or texts and answer some questions. You hear each recording twice.
Summary
Time allowed:
 About 30 minutes, including 8 minutes to copy your answers onto the answer sheet.
Number of parts:
 5
Number of questions:
 25
Marks:
 25% of total

Part 1 (Multiple choice)
What's in Part 1?
 Five short conversations. For each conversation there is a question and three pictures (A, B or C). You have to listen to the conversations and choose the right answer.
What do I have to practise?
 Listening to find key information.
How many questions are there?
 5
How many marks do I get?
 One mark for each correct answer.
ACTIVITY: Practise Part 1: Now try Part 1 from the sample Cambridge English: Key Listening paper.

Part 2 (Matching)
What's in Part 2?
 A longer conversation and two lists of words. You have to listen to the conversation and match two lists of items, for example, people with the food they like to eat, or days of the week with activities.
What do I have to practise?
 Listening for key information.
How many questions are there?
 5
How many marks do I get?
 One mark for each correct answer.
ACTIVITY: Practise Part 2: Now try Part 2 from the sample Cambridge English: Key Listening paper.

Part 3 (Multiple choice)
What's in Part 3?
 A conversation and some questions. You have to listen to the conversation and choose the right answer (A, B or C) for each question.
What do I have to practise?
 Listening for information.
How many questions are there?
 5
How many marks do I get?
 One mark for each correct answer.
ACTIVITY: Practise Part 3: Now try Part 3 from the sample Cambridge English: Key Listening paper.

Part 4 (Gap-fill)
What's in Part 4?
 A recording of a conversation between two people. You have to listen to the recording and write down the information you hear to complete a message or notes.
What do I have to practise?
 Listening and writing down information correctly.
How many questions are there?
 5
How many marks do I get?
 One mark for each correct answer.
ACTIVITY: Practise Part 4: Now try Part 4 from the sample Cambridge English: Key Listening paper.

Part 5 (Gap-fill)
What's in Part 5?
 A recording of one person speaking. You have to listen to the recording and write down the information you hear to complete a message or notes.
What do I have to practise?
 Listening and writing down information correctly.
How many questions are there?
 5
How many marks do I get?
 One mark for each correct answer.
ACTIVITY: Practise Part 5: Now try Part 5 from the sample Cambridge English: Key Listening paper.


WHERE CAN YOU DO THE ACTIVITIES?
KET_Schls_Listening_Sample_Paper.pdf


LISTENING SAMPLES
SAMPLE 1

SAMPLE 2

SAMPLE 3

SAMPLE 4

SAMPLE 5